The Blue Villa
| Un buit qui rend fou | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Alain Robbe-Grillet Dimitri de Clercq |
| Produced by |
Jaques de Clercq Domenique Fobe Gerard Ruey Jerome Paillard Stephen Beckner Jaqueline Pierreux |
| Written by |
Alain Robbe-Grillet Dimitri de Clercq |
| Starring |
Fred Ward Arielle Dombasle Sandrine Le Berre Charles Tordjman Dimitris Poulikakos Michalis Maniatis Christian Maillet |
| Distributed by | Nomad Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | 2,700,000 BEF (= 600,000 $) |
The Blue Villa (French title: Un bruit qui rend fou, A noise that renders one crazy) is a 1995 French crime thriller film, directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet and starring Fred Ward. It was entered into the 45th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Plot
Living on an isolated Greek island are a few native Greeks; several Chinese who spend their days playing mahjong; Nordmann, a boozy screenwriter; and seductive Sarah la-Blonde, the madam at the Blue Villa, the town whorehouse, in which Sarah hides Santa, alias Lotus Blossom. Sarah is teaching Santa to sing an aria from Wagner. One day, Frank arrives on the island. At first, he does not speak and appears to be looking for something or someone. It is later learned that he was involved in the supposed death of Santa, who just might be Nordmann's daughter. It is up to the local police chief, Thieu, to figure out what parts of the story are true and what parts are fiction.
Cast
- Fred Ward - Frank
- Arielle Dombasle - Sarah la-Blonde
- Charles Tordjman - Edouard 'Nord' Nordmann
- Sandrine Le Berre - Santa
- Dimitris Poulikakos - Police chief Thieu
- Christian Maillet - The father
- Muriel Jacobs - Kim
- Michalis Maniatis - Mars
Notes
- ↑ "Berlinale: 1995 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-01.